Surgeons at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital perform more than 12,000 operations each year, and many of them are laparoscopic. These board-certified surgeons have pioneered new procedures for the region and led the way in advanced technology. Some of their specialties include:

Bariatric/gastric bypass is a major gastrointestinal operation that seals off most of the stomach to reduce the amount of food one can eat, it rearranges the small intestine to reduce the calories your body can absorb.

Cardiac and Endovascular procedures and surgery, The Cardiac & Endovascular Center delivers quality clinical services, with a broad array of therapies and procedures that allow patients to live healthier, higher quality lives. This commitment to quality ensures that the Cardiac & Endovascular Center provides residents of Boston's northern suburbs with ready access to the most advanced care that includes the latest diagnostic and treatment capabilities rarely found in community settings. Learn more.

Minimally-invasive thoracic surgery. All forms of mimimally invasive thoracic surgery are offered at Hallmark Health System including surgery for the treatment of:

lung cancer

esphageal cancer

bening diseases of the lung and mediastinal tumors

minimally invasive lung procedures, and vascular surgeries of the major arteries and veins

"I've had toothaches worse than that," said 77-year-old Donald Campbell, describing the endovascular surgery he underwent to repair a life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Read More

Patient Profile: Orthopedic Surgery

Nancy Hardiman likes to walk. She likes to walk along the ocean-side trails around Kennebunkport, Maine. She loves hiking through the woods near her camp in New Hampshire's White Mountains, watching for birds, moose and deer. Read More

Spinal microsurgery gets patients back into action quickly

Not too long ago, outpatient surgical repair of herniated discs and other degenerative disc diseases through a one-inch incision was unimaginable to all but a few. Read More